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Can you name the following abbreviations from all walks of life?
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AKA
AOL
BET
CDC
CPA
CBS
DOA
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DOC
DUI
ESL
FBI
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FPS
FOP
GMO
GPA
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MLS
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MLA
MVP
NARAL
NPR
NORML
NRA
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NGO
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OPEC
PLO
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PSP
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krush
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Mar 8th, 2010 at 06:22 GMT
3 points
Good quiz... but some observations for possible edits. I'm pretty sure that Local Area Network is more prevalent for LAN. Also NORML stands for "reform" of marijuana laws rather than repeal. Finally, OPEC is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
yodabutter5000
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Mar 8th, 2010 at 07:36 GMT
3 points
"Local Area Network" and "Scholastic Aptitude Test" should be acceptable answers. Also the answers for OPEC and NORML are just plain wrong.
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Mar 8th, 2010 at 12:52 GMT
2 points
This is a really great concept for a quiz! I agree with the above posters, you should change OPEC to Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and definitely should accept Local Area Network and Scholastic Aptitude Test. You also might want to accept Limited Liability Corporation for LLC--I'm almost positive that's a legitimate answer, if I remember correctly from business class. :) A really great idea!
rothey3
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Mar 8th, 2010 at 17:40 GMT
2 points
thanks for the help. i finished this up very late last night. the edits have been made!
TriviaHound
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Mar 8th, 2010 at 18:26 GMT
1 point
Fun quiz, just one nitpick, though: the CDC is properly known as Centers for Disease Control, not Center for Disease Control. It's not bad that "center" is acceptable, but it is quite frustrating that the correct wording, "centers", is unacceptable.
LukeyP
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Aug 31st, 2010 at 23:12 GMT
4 points
please accept 'organisation' with an 's' in lieu of a 'z' for all the answers which contain that word. thank you.
dancastro
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Aug 16th, 2011 at 04:41 GMT
1 point
If anybody wonders why for "Lysergic Acid Diethyilamide" the abbreviation is LSD instead of the expected LAD, as far as I know it was originally a German acronym (the German for "acid" is, if I remember well, Säure).
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